I think the idea of a professional in charge seemed appealing to many after it was clear that Corbyn's difficult second album had proved too awkward for most to take in. Unfortunately he just comes across as flaccid really, there's no hope to grasp at with him. All well and good being "forensic" in PMQ but no-one pays any attention to that really do they. Corbyn was a memetic flash in the pan, maybe, but at least he had some policies and ideas
If you were to compare the labour left to uk rap, as I do frequently, the dreariness only ever really cut through to a very small fraction of a music-listening public. But when you are able to attach a more upbeat resonance and hints of success, wealth, aspiration, it works and has been able to present success to a wider audience. I think most of the country would like to take a run at a bit of success and equality along with it. You'll see supposed punditry saying Hartlepool is full of racist knobheads today- framed through the "brexit party" discourse- but that's not what is actually going on is it.
To me this current "Labour" set-up look like weasels- I must have saw 30 different videos of Starmer saying oh we love what Boris is doing on the pandemic, as if this is somehow going to grasp at the teat of Tory voters? Then you get pictures taken in John Lewis looking at wallpaper as soon as there's a chance to turn the knife. It's opportunism and if the matter of corruption in incumbent government is a genuine scandal- it is, even if his shit flat is tip of the iceberg- then why do you frame it as a meme, for quick likes on socials. You're meant to be a serious man blah blah blah. The whole dialogue is deeply flawed from their part. You can't even act as if the press aren't on his side as he's had the Times' tongue up his arse for a year and even the Mail is gunning for Boris
Really what does Starmer present as an option, why should you be buying early bird tickets for his rave when he's got the same six DJs as Fabric did last month and the flyer is shit.